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How to Verify Your Certifications, Training, and Exams

To allow third parties to verify your valid certifications, previous certifications, and passed exams, use the Publish Credentials option in the Certification Tracking System.

Log in to the Cisco Certification Tracking System and click Publish Credentials.

Select the credentials that you would like to publish.

Enter this Excelsior email address: cisco@excelsior.edu and type the message you want to send to Cisco.

Click Preview Report (optional). The Preview Report page is watermarked "VOID - Sample Only." The actual report sent will not have the watermark.

Click Publish Report; the status message "Your certifications have successfully been published" displays in red at the top of the page under your name and candidate ID number.

For assistance, call 888-647-2388 ext. 134. Note: To receive academic credit, you need to have taken your Cisco exams and courses within the last 10 years.

If you don't have a copy of your score report, call your test delivery provider to request one.

VUE: 877-551-7587

Prometric: 800-776-4276

To validate or verify your CompTIA certifications, you need to publish your certifications online to any third party:

Log in or create a user name and password if you're a first time user.

Go to the Transcript tab and select Create new transcript.

Make sure "Display Certs" and "Display Address" are checked.

In the Can't be viewed until field, enter dates that cover a week.

Click Submit. The Transcript page is displayed again.

Enter itcertifications@excelsior.edu in the email field.

For assistance, contact CompTIA at questions@comptia.org or 630-678-8300 option 5.

To obtain a verification letter from Focal Point after completing and passing a course, you must send an email request to the Focal Point team at: Academy-Training@focal‐point.com

Indicate that the verification letter must be sent directly to: Office of the Registrar, Excelsior College, 7 Columbia Circle, Albany, NY 12203, or via email at itcertifications@excelsior.edu

The verification letter should also include at least two forms of identification (e.g., name of student, date of birth, current address, SSN, or last 4 digits of the SSN).

On the ICDL (International Computer Driving License) website, select Contact Us and enter your contact information in the fields provided.

In the Query box, enter "How do I get a transcript sent to Excelsior College?"

(ISC)² members can request a transcript from (ISC)² by emailing membersupport@isc2.org and ask that a verification letter of all earned certifications be sent to Excelsior College at itcertifications@excelsior.edu.

In your request, please include your:

Full Name

Home Address

Exams Completed

Exam Completion Dates

Microsoft will send an official copy of your transcript directly to Excelsior College at itcertifications@excelsior.edu. You can make this request in one of the following ways:

Call Microsoft at 800-636-7544 and ask the agent to send an official copy of your transcript to itcertifications@excelsior.edu.

Email your request to mcphelp@microsoft.com.

Log in to your Microsoft account and use the Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) live chat support to make your request.

Your certification status can be verified using the official Oracle Certification Program. Due to privacy and legal restrictions, Oracle cannot provide verification of certification status to us without your direct involvement.

You must initiate the verification request through CertView using the self service 3rd Party Verification Tool:

Go to CertView and log in

Select Publish Credentials to 3rd Parties

Select the certification(s) you want to verify

Enter the email address Oraclecerts@excelsior.edu

Email your request to certification@sas.com.

Enter Excelsior College Certification Verification in the subject line.

Include your first and last name, mailing address (street, city, zip, country), email address, month and day of birth, and Prometric Testing ID Number.

Your request must include the following statement: "By submitting this verification request to SAS Institute Inc. (SAS), I authorize SAS to send the SAS Certified Professional Program Verification document, which includes my personally identifiable information, directly to Excelsior College, Transcript department. In addition, I understand that any disclosure of information carries with it the potential for an unauthorized redisclosure and the information may not be protected by federal, state, or local confidentiality laws or regulations". If this statement is not included in your request, SAS will not release the document to Excelsior College.

SAS will mail directly to the Excelsior College Office of Registration and Records the SAS Certification Program Exam Verification Letter on SAS letterhead, signed by the SAS Certification Program Operations Manager. The letter will include the exam number, exam title, and exam passing date.

Sun will mail an official paper copy of your transcript directly to you. You'll then need to forward it to Excelsior College.

To obtain a copy of your certification, request a copy of your Sun certificate by emailing who2contact@sun.com

Include your full name and Prometric ID# in the request.

Do not open the envelope from Sun.

Place the unopened envelope in another envelope and mail to: Office of Registration and Records, Excelsior College, 7 Columbia Circle, Albany, New York, 12203-5159

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